I just listened to David bowie's 1997 "Earthling" album, is this where dubstep came from?

or was there iconic scratchy rapid frenetic drum electronic scraping noises before Bowie?

listening to these songs. I kept thinking about Skrillex, but that wasn't for another 13 years.

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I’d say that sound was more on the side of industrial / hardcore jungle, blending in rock and pop, with touches of shoegaze. Dubstep grew out of grime, and drum and bass, etc grew out of jungle.

He’s a DJ Hype track from 1993 that gives you a taste of where jungle was at then which might help you see where dubstep came from.

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